The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19
KANSAS COUNTY SEAT WARS.
FIGHTING FoR THE HoyOR or HAy1N0
JAILS AND COURT HOUSES.

FIGHTING FoR THE HoyOR or HAT1H6
JAILS AND COURT HOUSES
How the Warfare IL Conducted ~ the Rival
Tovus-The Coupty Seat Fishter-Trc-
psendeus Iaterests New In the balance.
DopoE CRY, Kan. June 1A--The county
sent wars In western Kansas are both numer-
Gus and exciting. A dozen counties are IN
yolved, and the forces arrayed against each
other are most formidable. During the past
yenr a new occupation has sprung up here
that OF county seat fighter There are several
such mon In the State, and their services COM
mand good pay. A man who has figured con-
spicuously in one successful county seat nght
may easily fnd employment elsewhere. II
frequently happens, now that these sharps arc
pitted against each other, that they have been
known to originate fights In counties where
the seat Of government has once been located.
There arc so many land companies and specu-
iators ready and anxious to locate town sites
that tho professional fighter" oan generally
get Job whenever he foels like 1t.
Three Of these fellows struck Greeley county
at about the same time few months ago.
There wore some settlers there, but the towns
socsed were principally on pa ps ho- One
scities" were, three miles apart. with Tribune
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sent can s postponed wSie anti We have
run in q few more settlers. and when Il takes
lose we keep this town, for q town six miles
SeleSd to The s
S q coant ting the voes The big fight viii Come
For the last two weeks men have boon in all
the TOWNS along the southern border Of Kansas
IN liz We asD podss ors than so5 men
we're hired at sl.so day, and q man Just in
Sn .Sn Sa" ha
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slo Is between .Ghsntilly. Harland and Lakin.
SnHntllly anu HhTlduo WCIo toWub VI oO"O
are indications that Lakin will soon oyer
sd and s4e al bosna
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our town site isn't worth as much as sand bar
h ar 5as Of
iiorlty. As soon IS that majority is heard from
and most Ct tho fellows that we have hired will
thing thin to have plenty OF men around any NAY
Thore has been some talk Of Chantilly and Aar.
land cS9min Ing oyer tS do US up and we've got to
out town which It has called iii. and. as e
ss IN the III
though It might esr eSS0sythGg e. 1s,Sr
the Older snd larger
town. but it has no fighter. though. 1t has one
IL ss 5Rs 1920 WA hs
seat Question. Willie Eli would. like the tenn
honors, and the scheme which. Its captains
have mapped out promises to give them to it
The SIT Land Company issued 100000 worth
h the Peoples annd Snd Lot Y
The stock is not transferable until the per l;
ans nj noss &C.
Ing them with sweet stutf, one Of the Eli heht.
aSiies With moasses than with vinegar: THIS
scheme y my 0Tn and the FL haSe n
there had been willing to pay fSr It. Y E, zee Il
country here isn't So old but that z
@ Put hs Isn't a. ThsTH ts 8 os s1o bs
Them. You've got e take ali thess things ipto
lows have very s satisfactory Enhancement.
tho bank nix in Garden City toF si5o on Tho sur
81 tie 'ee az
strike You? Why. we've got johnson City plas-
M ths hsss hss s%a
be surprised to see bigger majority for Ell
over there thSn we can axe In our oWd town.
county over the result OF the State agents
rs ii that vor 81 RaSyss 2, Ss
The Gssu @ the scane
was Saited on By commiitee from Eminepee
the, rival town, and informed that he was liar
and couldn't aghto a, sand ay The he, agent s
nSy qe ewsa SS m
to Topeka. md which h has not YET returned
q tEe aye Ems serSod noee on
wanna that II tho county seat Is located there.
it will take the standing army to keep 1t there.
as the mineneers can lick any town In the
county for fun or for money.
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